This document discusses some of the challenges of life in the sea for marine organisms. It covers salinity, temperature, and surface-to-volume ratio. Regarding salinity, it explains that many marine organisms must regulate salt and water balance through diffusion, osmosis, and being either osmoconformers or osmoregulators. It also discusses how temperature affects organisms' metabolisms and whether they are poikilothermic or homeothermic. Finally, it notes that surface-to-volume ratio determines how easily organisms can exchange substances and that smaller organisms have a higher ratio.